Soybean cultivation for Bioregenerative Life Support Systems (BLSSs): The effect of hydroponic system and nitrogen source

Soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] is one of the plant species selected within the European Space Agency (ESA) Micro-Ecological Life Support System Alternative (MELiSSA) project for hydroponic cultivation in Biological Life Support Systems (BLSSs), because of the high nutritional value of seeds. Root symbiosis of soybean with Bradirhizobium japonicum contributes to plant nutrition in soil, providing ammonium through the bacterial fixation of atmospheric nitrogen. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of two hydroponic systems, Nutrient Film Technique (NFT) and cultivation on rockwool, and two nitrogen sources in the nutrient solution, nitrate (as Ca(NO₃)₂ and KNO₃) and urea (CO(NH₂)₂), on root symbiosis, plant growth and seeds production of soybean. Plants of cultivar ‘OT8914’, inoculated with B. japonicum strain BUS-2, were grown in a growth chamber, under controlled environmental conditions.     

An estimation of tropospheric corrections using GPS and synoptic data: Improving Urmia Lake water level time series from Jason-2 and SARAL/AltiKa satellite altimetry

Tropospheric correction is one of the most important corrections in satellite altimetry measurements. Tropospheric wet and dry path delays have strong dependence on temperature, pressure and humidity. Tropospheric layer has particularly high variability over coastal regions due to humidity, wind and temperature gradients. Depending on the extent of water body and wind conditions over an inland water, Wet Tropospheric Correction (WTC) is within the ranges from a few centimeters to tens of centimeters. Therefore, an extra care is needed to estimate tropospheric corrections on the altimetric measurements over inland waters. This study assesses the role of tropospheric correction on the altimetric measurements over the Urmia Lake in Iran. For this purpose, four types of tropospheric corrections have been used: (i) microwave radiometer (MWR) observations, (ii) tropospheric corrections computed from meteorological models, (iii) GPS observations and (iv) synoptic station data. They have been applied to Jason-2 track no. 133 and SARAL/AltiKa track no. 741 and 356 corresponding to 117–153 and the 23–34 cycles, respectively. In addition, the corresponding measurements of PISTACH and PEACHI, include new retracking method and an innovative wet tropospheric correction, have also been used. Our results show that GPS observation leads to the most accurate tropospheric correction. The results obtained from the PISTACH and PEACHI projects confirm those obtained with the standard SGDR, i.e., the role of GPS in improving the tropospheric corrections. It is inferred that the MWR data from Jason-2 mission is appropriate for the tropospheric corrections, however the SARAL/AltiKa one is not proper because Jason-2 possesses an enhanced WTC near the coast. Furthermore, virtual stations are defined for assessment of the results in terms of time series of Water Level Height (WLH). The results show that GPS tropospheric corrections lead to the most accurate WLH estimation for the selected virtual stations, which improves the accuracy of the obtained WLH time series by about 5%.     

大型飞机气源起动装备供气流程设计与计算

为了研发具有自主知识产权的气源起动装备,立足于大型飞机较高压力、超大流量的特殊气源起动保障需求,设计了以双级无油螺杆压缩为核心技术的供气流程,对其中涉及的级间压力、散热量、除水量等关键参数进行了分析与计算,为解决超大流量气源的二次升压、风冷散热、高温除水等核心技术难题奠定了基础。     

Time distribution of the precipitable water vapor in central Saudi Arabia and its relationship to solar activity

Water vapor is the most important greenhouse gas. It plays a major role in the dynamics of atmospheric circulation, radiation exchange within the atmosphere, and climate variability. Knowledge of the distribution of water vapor is important for understanding climate change and global warming.     

基于eN-数据库方法复杂构型飞机转捩预测

为探索边界层转捩对大型运输机在起降条件和有较大层流区的巡航条件下的气动力精确计算问题，通过在三维RANS求解器中引入eN-数据库方法来预测飞行器表面的转捩位置，并探索转捩对气动力的影响规律。方法与目前流行的基于间歇因子控制方程的转捩预测方法相比，具有计算效率高、易于工程应用、且考虑TS不稳定性转捩因素的特点。在此基础上，通过计算NASA梯形翼来分析起降构型条件下气动力受转捩影响的规律，并通过计算DLR－F6翼身组合体来探索三维构型在巡航条件下的气动力精度。使用eN-数据库转捩判断方法的计算结果与实验值吻合较好，验证了所构建的基于RANS求解器的eN-数据库转捩预测方法的有效性，并为大型运输机气动力精确计算提供了分析工具。     

The impact of microwave absorber and radome geometries on GNSS measurements of station coordinates and atmospheric water vapour

We have used microwave absorbing material in different geometries around ground-based Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) antennas in order to mitigate multipath effects on the estimates of station coordinates and atmospheric water vapour. The influence of a hemispheric radome – of the same type as in the Swedish GPS network SWEPOS – was also investigated. Two GNSS stations at the Onsala Space Observatory were used forming a 12 m baseline. GPS data from October 2008 to November 2009 were analyzed by the GIPSY/OASIS II software using the Precise Point Positioning (PPP) processing strategy for five different elevation cutoff angles from 5° to 25°. We found that the use of the absorbing material decreases the offset in the estimated vertical component of the baseline from ∼27 mm to ∼4 mm when the elevation cutoff angle varies from 5° to 20°. The horizontal components are much less affected. The corresponding offset in the estimates of the atmospheric Integrated Water Vapour (IWV) decreases from ∼1.6 kg/m² to ∼0.3 kg/m². Changes less than 5 mm in the offsets in the vertical component of the baseline are seen for all five elevation cutoff angle solutions when the antenna was covered by a hemispheric radome. Using the radome affects the IWV estimates less than 0.4 kg/m² for all different solutions. IWV comparisons between a Water Vapour Radiometer (WVR) and the GPS data give consistent results.     

跨声速轴流压气机失速边界预测方法

研究了跨声速、单级设计压比为1.82的Stage 35轴流压气机与单级设计压比为2.05的Stage37轴流压气机在不同转速下的特性.在HARIKA原型程序基础上,改进了其叶排效率、落后角、理论能头计算模型,采用了两种轴流压气机失速边界的预测方法,第1种为HARIKA原型程序的分离流量预测方法,第2种为Koch所提出的失速静压升系数预测方法,所得特性计算结果与实验点吻合较好,Stage 35设计点效率的误差由原型的3.9%降低到改进后的1.5%,Stage 37设计点效率的误差由3.1%降低到1.9%.两种预测方法对失速边界流量的预测误差最小分别可达1.3%与1.6%,表明两种失速边界预测方法都是可行的.     

某型燃气轮机进气系统内流场的数值分析

为了揭示燃机进气系统内的流动特性,并为进气系统的性能预测、优化设计提供理论依据,以某型燃气轮机的进气系统为研究对象,基于混合网格的SIMPLE算法和标准的k-ε湍流模型,运用FLUENT软件对燃气轮机进气系统内的流场进行数值模拟,并从压力分布、气流角分布2个方面进行分析。结果表明:对气动性能产生重要影响的损失区域主要集中在进气外环上方和支板附近,蜗壳内锥的绕流分离也是损失源之一。应进行尽可能消除进气外环上方的气流分离,同时将绕流分离控制在一定范围内的优化设计和改进。     

基于贯序正则极端学习机的时间序列预测及其应用

为实现对液压泵特征参数的在线预测,提出一种贯序正则极端学习机(SRELM),并研究了基于SRELM的预测方法.SRELM根据结构风险最小化原理实现网络训练,其网络权值可随新样本的逐次加入而递推求解,具有泛化能力强与训练速度快的优点,因此适于特征参数的在线预测.基于SRELM的预测方法利用特征参数训练SRELM模型,以逐...     

可控式液体润滑高速螺旋槽端面密封试验

研制了电磁加载装置和摩擦力矩测试装置,并将其应用于液体润滑的螺旋槽端面密封试验中.试验研究了端面密封坝处液膜特性、端面温升、端面摩擦力等密封性能参数以及端面闭合力对密封性能的影响.试验结果表明,密封坝处压力随转速的增加而增加,当转速较大时,端面的温升也较高.端面密封在液膜润滑下具有较小的摩擦力.利用电磁加载装置和摩擦力...